naked
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3.2
- adjective
- /ˈneɪ.kɪd/
:
desprotegido
- Looking up at the night sky, he observed the stars with his naked eye, appreciating their brilliance without any telescopic aid.
- leave someone naked
I don't think Bourgeois has SPF, neither does the naked skin.
- I don't think Bourgeois has SPF, neither does the naked skin.
Examples
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The soldier stood naked before the enemy, exposed and vulnerable on the battlefield.
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It was a particularly chilly day, and she realized she had forgotten her coat, leaving her feeling quite naked in the cold.
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Getting rid of that defense would have left him naked to the world.
Academic text (1999) -
When you ask someone to be vulnerable or naked, you have to be naked too, to make them feel comfortable.
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All these governments will be left politically naked by an outcome that does not live up to expectations.
Academic text (1999) -
And you're standing naked in front of the world with tears in your eyes.
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Here, the escape of Daniel from the lion's den, naked and without a scratch on him.
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It is also difficult to tell the rank of a naked general.
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The regime is now engaged in pure naked repression.
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Why, then, did Ellis feel so naked, as if his stump were plainly visible?
Fiction book (1992)
Synonyms
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2.2
Not covered or protected, showing the plain surface
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3.5
Without protection and easy to hurt
A thing with no cover or lid that lets you see what is inside
Not covered by clothes and showing skin
Not wearing clothes on a part of the body
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
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7.3
A small almost hairless African animal that lives underground in large groups like ants
- Specialized
To sell a right to buy or sell a stock without owning it and risk large losses
A simple card game for two players where one player tries to win all the other player's cards
How Vulnerable
Surface Forms
Etymology
Naked comes from an old English word nacod meaning 'without a cover', and this idea of having no protection gives the modern sense. That's why something 'naked' to danger is open and 'exposed' to harm.